1997 Indy Racing League schedule and winners

Thursday, Oct. 16, 1997 | 10:03 a.m.

The 1996-97 Indy Racing League schedule, with winners in parentheses and driver point standings:

True Value 200, Loudon, N.H. (Scott Sharp).

Las Vegas 500K, Las Vegas (Richie Hearn).

Indy 200, Orlando, Fla. (Eddie Cheever).

Phoenix 200, Phoenix (Jim Guthrie).

Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, (Arie Luyendyk).

True Value 500, Fort Worth, Texas. (Arie Luyendyk).

Samsonite 200, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Tony Stewart).

VisionAire 500, Charlotte, N.C. (Buddy Lazier).

Pennzoil 200, Loudon, N.H. (Robbie Buhl).

Las Vegas 500K, Las Vegas (Eliseo Salazar).

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Driver Standings

Final

1. Tony Stewart, 278.

2. Davey Hamilton, 272.

3. Marco Greco, 230.

(tie) Eddie Cheever, 230.

5. Scott Goodyear, 226.

6. Arie Luyendyk, 223.

7. Roberto Guerrero, 221.

8. Buddy Lazier, 209.

9. Eliseo Salazar, 208.

10. Buzz Calkins, 204.

11. Stephan Gregoire, 192.

12. Jim Guthrie, 186.

13. Robbie Buhl, 170.

14. Mike Groff, 169.

15. John Paul Jr., 163.

16. Affonso Giaffone, 159.

17. Mark Dismore, 158.

18. Billy Boat, 151.

19. Kenny Brack, 139.

20. Robbie Groff, 135.

21. Vicenzo Sospiri, 134.

22. Scott Sharp, 119.

23. Jack Miller, 114.

24. Johnny Unser, 107.

25. Tyce Carlson, 84.

26. Fermin Velez, 82.

27. Jimmy Kite, 76.

(tie) Sam Schmidt, 76.

29. Greg Ray, 73.

30. Jeff Ward, 69.

31. Stan Wattles, 63.

32. Michele Alboreto, 62.

33. Richie Hearn, 59.

34. Billy Roe, 55.

35. Jeret Schroeder, 37.

36. Michel Jourdain Jr., 33.

37. Robby Gordon, 27.

38. Brad Murphey, 25.

39. Alessandro Zampedri, 24.

40. Paul Durant, 23.

(tie) Johnny O'Connell, 23.

42. Lyn St. James, 22.

(tie) Danny Ongais, 22.

44. Steve Kinser, 21.

45. Dennis Vitolo, 20.

46. Mike Shank, 19.

47. David Kudrave, 18.

48. J.C. Carbonell, 16.

49. Joe Gosek, 14.

50. Allen May, 13.

51. Johnny Parsons, 7.

52. Claude Bourbonnais, 5.

End Adv for Thursday Oct. 16

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